ITCT 2002

Intercontinental Transport and Chemical Transformation

Investigating springtime transport of anthropogenic pollution and the composition of air masses along the Pacific coast of North America

Where: California and the eastern Pacific coastal region

When: April - May 2002

What: The focus of NOAA's field study includes aircraft research flights aboard the NOAA WP-3D, extensive ground-based measurements at Trinidad Head, California, and collaborated efforts with two other research projects, PHOBEA-2 and PEACE-B.

Who: Investigators in this project include about 150 researchers from 33 university, industry, and governmental agency laboratories. Participating institutions include Georgia Tech and University of Colorado CIRES.